Tropescilloscope: Mundane Made Awesome
Ordinary, mediocre and everyday tasks made EPIC. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Show Within a Show
Artistic License Military
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Award-Bait Song
Better to Die than Be Killed
Random Events Plot
Only in It for the Money
Visual Pun
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Improbable Aiming Skills
Chekhov's Skill
Deconstruction
Dirty Cop
Nice Guy
Make It Look Like an Accident
Redemption Equals Death
Bloodless Carnage
Adult Fear
Blood Knight
The Quiet One
Eyepatch of Power
Retcon
Sanity Slippage
Mr. Exposition
Guns Akimbo
Rasputinian Death
Gratuitous English
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Taking the Bullet
Military and Warfare Films
Villain with Good Publicity
Bond Villain Stupidity
Black Comedy Rape
Disney Death
Scary Black Man
Love at First Sight
Everyone Has Standards
Parental Substitute
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Retired Badass
Mythology Gag
Depraved Bisexual
Police Brutality
Parental Neglect
Bad Boss
Improvised Weapon
Cat Fight
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Death Glare
Shirtless Scene
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Arch-Enemy
Poor Communication Kills
He Knows Too Much
Gender Flip
Butt-Monkey
Pimped-Out Dress
Action Genre
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Undying Loyalty
FaceHeel Turn
The Power of Love
As Himself
Adults Are Useless
German Films
Artistic License History
Take That!
Accidental Murder
Sci-Fi Horror
Death Seeker
Red Right Hand
As You Know
Faux Affably Evil
Frame-Up
Dissonant Serenity
Not So Different
The Sociopath
Left the Background Music On
La Résistance
Gold Digger
Ironic Echo
Destination Defenestration
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Television Movie Index
Vitriolic Best Buds
Word of God
Unusual Euphemism
Mama Bear
Eureka Moment
Stock Footage
An Arm and a Leg
One-Man Army
Coming-of-Age Story
Christmas Movies Index
Interrupted Suicide
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Bait-and-Switch
Stealth Pun
Plucky Comic Relief
The Lancer
Stuff Blowing Up
The Bad Guy Wins
Male Gaze
Made of Iron
Jitter Cam
Bare Your Midriff
The Load
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Wretched Hive
Shipper on Deck
And the Adventure Continues
Mercy Kill
Market-Based Title
MayDecember Romance
Kill It with Fire
It's All About Me
Demoted to Extra
Novelization
Never My Fault
Beware the Nice Ones
Attempted Rape
A Father to His Men
Femme Fatale
No-Sell
Works Set in World War II
Dark and Troubled Past
The Reveal
Scare Chord
Funny Background Event
Enemy Mine
BrotherSister Incest
Bolivian Army Ending
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Refuge in Audacity
Expy
Black Best Friend
Blackmail
Closed Circle
Evil vs. Evil
Spell My Name with an "S"
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Car Fu
Red Shirt
Papa Wolf
Babies Ever After
Central Theme
Driven to Suicide
Artistic License Gun Safety
Mind Screw
Nothing Is Scarier
Fanservice
Spiritual Successor
Berserk Button
Mexican Standoff
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Card-Carrying Villain
Index of Film Westerns
Flipping the Bird
Bury Your Gays
Big Brother Instinct
Instant Death Bullet
Black Dude Dies First
Reckless Gun Usage
Wham Shot
Hypocrite
Henpecked Husband
Pyrrhic Victory
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Captain Ersatz
Evil Counterpart
My God, What Have I Done?
Five-Man Band
Outrun the Fireball
Ghost Fiction
Insult Backfire
The Ditz
Up to Eleven
The '50s
Drowning My Sorrows
Chase Scene
One-Word Title
Betty and Veronica
Vacation Films
Improbable Weapon User
Wrong Genre Savvy
Took a Level in Jerkass
Skewed Priorities
Children Are Innocent
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Kick the Dog
Laughing Mad
Logo Joke
Scenery Porn
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Bland-Name Product
What the Hell, Hero?
Villainous Breakdown
Hell Is That Noise
Same Language Dub
Protagonist Title
Corpsing
Chekhov's Gunman
Only Sane Man
Bloody Hilarious
The Great Depression
Soundtrack Dissonance
Here We Go Again!
Not So Stoic
The Lost Lenore
Sacrificial Lion
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Pragmatic Villainy
Good Is Not Nice
Pay Evil unto Evil
Cruel and Unusual Death
Alliterative Name
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Death by Sex
Author Avatar
Twist Ending
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Hope Spot
Dark Action Girl
Anguished Declaration of Love
Never Found the Body
Tagline
Decoy Protagonist
Rape as Drama
Re-Cut
Credits Gag
The '90s
Serious Business
Silent Movie
Fingore
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Wham Line
Time Skip
Cowboy Cop
Soft Glass
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Bullying a Dragon
Diabolus ex Machina
Department of Redundancy Department
Black and Gray Morality
Silence Is Golden
Kubrick Stare
Take a Third Option
Auto Erotica
Abhorrent Admirer
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Death of a Child
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
The Un-Reveal
Noodle Incident
Adapted Out
Rich Bitch
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Major Injury Underreaction
Get Out!
Earn Your Happy Ending
Villain Opening Scene
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Dies Wide Open
Fire-Forged Friends
Demonic Possession
Daddy's Girl
Defrosting Ice Queen
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Would Hit a Girl
Running Gag
Those Two Guys
Face Death with Dignity
Horror Films
Does Not Like Shoes
Music Stories
Naïve Newcomer
Distracted by the Sexy
Break the Haughty
Taking You with Me
Freudian Excuse
Truth in Television
Those Two Bad Guys
As the Good Book Says...
Leitmotif
Villain Protagonist
Aside Glance
Anachronic Order
The Hero
Really Gets Around
Product Placement
All Men Are Perverts
Rule of Symbolism
Unreliable Narrator
Darkest Hour
Deliberately Monochrome
Cool Car
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Double-Meaning Title
Fantastic Racism
Big Bad
Film Noir
Creative Closing Credits
Slap-Slap-Kiss
All There in the Script
This Is Gonna Suck
Action Survivor
Redshirt Army
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Badass Longcoat
Artistic License Biology
The Ace
In the Back
Laser-Guided Karma
Anti-Villain
Police are Useless
Pet the Dog
The '80s
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Rule of Cool
Humiliation Conga
Sports Stories
Greater-Scope Villain
Dull Surprise
Curse Cut Short
Crapsack World
Trailers Always Spoil
The Brute
Never Trust a Trailer
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Small Name, Big Ego
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Framing Device
Monumental Damage
Insane Troll Logic
Irony
Psychopathic Manchild
Mystery and Detective Films
Failed a Spot Check
Flashback
Riddle for the Ages
Stepford Smiler
Advertised Extra
Public Domain Feature Films
Totally Radical
Meaningful Echo
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
The Hero Dies
Dying Moment of Awesome
Rule of Three
Those Wacky Nazis
Stealth Hi/Bye
My Greatest Failure
Affably Evil
Paper-Thin Disguise
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Did Not Get the Girl
N-Word Privileges
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Arc Words
The Alcoholic
Evil Is Hammy
Title Drop
Eldritch Abomination
Evil Plan
Foreshadowing
Alpha Bitch
Not Quite Dead
Wicked Cultured
Honor Before Reason
Fantasy Films
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Alas, Poor Villain
Conspicuous CG
Big Fancy House
Genre Savvy
Sequel Escalation
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Fatal Family Photo
"Shaggy Dog" Story
NO INDOOR VOICE
Too Dumb to Live
Woman Scorned
The Mole
Deal with the Devil
And I Must Scream
Missing Mom
Blood from the Mouth
Obstructive Bureaucrat
In Name Only
Race Against the Clock
The Vamp
A God Am I
Punch-Clock Villain
Morality Pet
I Have Your Wife
Hypocritical Humor
Brick Joke
Bavarian Fire Drill
Hate Sink
Foil
Manipulative Bastard
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Film Noir Index
Based on a True Story
Film Series
Jerkass Has a Point
Awesome, but Impractical
Funny Foreigner
Sadistic Choice
Damsel in Distress
Epic Movie
Overly Long Gag
Sexy Discretion Shot
The '60s
Ambiguous Ending
Crucified Hero Shot
Stalker with a Crush
Badass Grandpa
Big Bad Duumvirate
Kill 'em All
Adaptational Badass
Ungrateful Bastard
Adaptation Dye-Job
Ass Shove
Tap on the Head
Abusive Parents
Asshole Victim
Romantic False Lead
Zombie Stories
Kids Are Cruel
Older Than They Look
Lock and Load Montage
MacGuffin
Meaningful Background Event
Camp Gay
Anyone Can Die
Dark Reprise
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Be Careful What You Wish For
Killed Mid-Sentence
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Lampshade Hanging
Shower Scene
Faking the Dead
Bound and Gagged
For Want of a Nail
Animated Credits Opening
Canon Foreigner
Bottomless Magazines
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Bittersweet Ending
Animal Motifs
Evil Laugh
Bar Brawl
Worthy Opponent
Daylight Horror
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Precision F-Strike
Broken Bird
Imagine Spot
Translation Convention
Cluster F-Bomb
Hero Antagonist
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Red Herring
Drives Like Crazy
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Psychological Thriller
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
The Ghost
Took a Level in Badass
Super Strength
Body Horror
Air-Vent Passageway
Due to the Dead
Self-Deprecation
For the Evulz
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Parental Abandonment
Eagleland
Non-Indicative Name
Crazy Jealous Guy
Drill Sergeant Nasty
An Axe to Grind
Captain Obvious
Meet Cute
Recycled IN SPACE!
Action Prologue
Easily Forgiven
Heroes Want Redheads
Put on a Bus
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Crazy-Prepared
Adaptation Expansion
Serial Killer
The Chessmaster
Cat Scare
Spiteful Spit
HeelFace Turn
Early-Bird Cameo
Handicapped Badass
Broken Aesop
Dogged Nice Guy
Disguised in Drag
Apocalypse How
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
The Smurfette Principle
Cloudcuckoolander
Heel Realization
Big "NO!"
Motor Mouth
Bi the Way
Badass Normal
Artistic License Law
Lighter and Softer
Bloodier and Gorier
Evil Brit
The Stoner
Heroic BSoD
Big-Bad Ensemble
timeperiod
Curb-Stomp Battle
Training Montage
Mood Whiplash
Action Girl
Not What It Looks Like
Rewatch Bonus
Big Damn Heroes
Science Fiction Films
The Cameo
It Can Think
The Alleged Car
Rated M for Manly
Loads and Loads of Characters
Famous Last Words
Combat Pragmatist
Ripped from the Headlines
Intrepid Reporter
Hollywood Law
Cain and Abel
Chewing the Scenery
Love Triangle
Beta Couple
Expository Hairstyle Change
Character Development
Cool Shades
B-Movie
Only Known by Their Nickname
Authority Equals Asskicking
Neck Lift
Amoral Attorney
Ax-Crazy
Evil Sounds Deep
Actor Allusion
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Superhero
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Room Full of Crazy
Age Lift
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Blatant Lies
Spanner in the Works
Dressing as the Enemy
Hidden Depths
Fate Worse than Death
Idiot Ball
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Evil Is Petty
Horror Comedy
Toplessness from the Back
Mundane Made Awesome
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Arranged Marriage
Continuity Nod
Informed Ability
Slasher Movie
Ship Tease
War Is Hell
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Off with His Head!
Casting Gag
Not So Above It All
Dual Wielding
Cool Old Guy
I'm a Humanitarian
Chekhov's Gun
Pretty Little Headshots
Reality Has No Subtitles
Karmic Death
Friend to All Children
Would Hurt a Child
Country Matters
Bring My Brown Pants
Not Using the "Z" Word
Contrived Coincidence
Fainting
Affectionate Parody
Sequel Hook
Reasonable Authority Figure
Line-of-Sight Name
Brainless Beauty
Dramedy
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Ominous Latin Chanting
Hero of Another Story
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Offscreen Teleportation
Punny Name
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Jump Scare
Historical-Domain Character
Australian Movies
Ambiguously Gay
The Bully
Homage
Composite Character
All for Nothing
Madness Mantra
Calling the Old Man Out
Spared by the Adaptation
After the End
You Killed My Father
Hair-Trigger Temper
BFG
I Need a Freaking Drink
Knight Templar
Dramatic Irony
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Dumb Blonde
The Dog Bites Back
Determinator
Your Cheating Heart
Bilingual Bonus
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Fake Shemp
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Mugging the Monster
More Dakka
Call-Forward
Badass Boast
Vampire Fiction
A Date with Rosie Palms
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Tranquil Fury
Fish out of Water
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Even Evil Has Standards
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Death by Adaptation
Cool Old Lady
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Villain Ball
Slasher Smile
Final Girl
Actually Pretty Funny
The '70s
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Disney Villain Death
Epic Fail
Overprotective Dad
Groin Attack
In Medias Res
Manchild
Insistent Terminology
Chiaroscuro
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Married to the Job
True Companions
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
The X of Y
Bond One-Liner
Immune to Bullets
Drugs Are Bad
Malevolent Masked Men
Let's Get Dangerous!
Badass Bookworm
Tempting Fate
Dutch Angle
The Musical
Smug Snake
Gory Discretion Shot
Meaningful Name
Celebrity Paradox
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Disproportionate Retribution
Once More, with Clarity!
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Together in Death
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
And Starring
Only One Name
Whole Plot Reference
Antagonist Title
Early Installment Weirdness
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Politically Incorrect Villain
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Historical Hero Upgrade
The Film of the Book
Nice Hat
Smoking Is Cool
Adaptation Name Change
Fatal Flaw
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
The Chick
Foregone Conclusion
Properly Paranoid
Rousing Speech
Historical In-Joke
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
The Oner
Leave the Camera Running
Our Vampires Are Different
The Place
Historical Villain Upgrade
Video Credits
The Faceless
Genre Throwback
Gorn
Book-Ends
Reality Ensues
She's Got Legs
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Exact Words
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Fiery Redhead
Obviously Evil
The Stoic
Shown Their Work
Obfuscating Stupidity
Pragmatic Adaptation
Amusing Injuries
Armor-Piercing Question
The Mafia
Ms. Fanservice
Almost Kiss
Sealed Evil in a Can
You Have Failed Me
It's Personal
Slashed Throat
Implacable Man
Bad "Bad Acting"
All Just a Dream
Cassandra Truth
Black Comedy
Made of Explodium
What Happened to the Mouse?
Hoist by His Own Petard
A Minor Kidroduction
Anachronism Stew
Broken Pedestal
Call-Back
Your Head A-Splode
Male Frontal Nudity
Eiffel Tower Effect
Italian Films
Neck Snap
Fun with Acronyms
Match Cut
How We Got Here
Scenery Gorn
From Nobody to Nightmare
Eye Scream
Say My Name
Thriller
Mooks
Our Zombies Are Different
Catch-Phrase
Star-Crossed Lovers
Russian Films
Disappeared Dad
Narrator
Plot Hole
Only a Flesh Wound
Documentary
Ambiguous Disorder
Grievous Bottley Harm
The Stinger
Needs Wiki Magic Love
From Bad to Worse
Adorkable
The Smart Guy
Gainax Ending
No Ending
Boom, Headshot!
Sinister Minister
Hong Kong Films
Fat Bastard
An Aesop
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Canadian Movies
Posthumous Character
Martial Arts Movie
Vomit Discretion Shot
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Didn't Think This Through
Mr. Fanservice
Guile Hero
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
No Name Given
Shout-Out
Adaptation Distillation
Anti-Hero
Dirty Coward
Mighty Whitey
Loophole Abuse
Every Car Is a Pinto
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Camera Abuse
Green-Eyed Monster
Batman Gambit
Establishing Character Moment
Mistaken for Gay
Adaptational Heroism
No Antagonist
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
20 Minutes into the Future
Oh, Crap!
Dwindling Party
Real Life
Revenge
Parental Incest
Genre Shift
French Films
Becoming the Mask
Knife Nut
One Steve Limit
Psycho for Hire
Adaptational Attractiveness
Happily Married
Domestic Abuse
Last-Name Basis
Creepy Child
Man on Fire
Adaptational Villainy
Gone Horribly Right
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Reality Is Unrealistic
Large Ham
Dirty Old Man
Pretty in Mink
Red Eyes, Take Warning
'80s Hair
Break the Cutie
Naked People Are Funny
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
The Dragon
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Fan Disservice
Beard of Evil
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Bald of Evil
Big Applesauce
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Double Entendre
Bowdlerise
Yandere
Hollywood Darkness
Light Is Not Good
Brutal Honesty
Deus ex Machina
Agony of the Feet
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
He Who Fights Monsters
Woman in White
The Casanova
Big Eater
Covers Always Lie
Back from the Dead
Extreme Doormat
It Will Never Catch On
Death by Irony
Maybe Ever After
Downer Ending
Creator Cameo
Fourth Date Marriage
Romantic Comedy
Retirony
Developing Doomed Characters
Japanese Films
Biopic
The Atoner
Heroic Sacrifice
The Cavalry
I Did What I Had to Do
What You Are in the Dark
Ascended Extra
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Deadpan Snarker
Manly Tears
Jerk Jock
The Voiceless
World of Ham
Villain Song
The Big Guy
Playing Gertrude
Fanservice Extra
Intergenerational Friendship
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Costume Porn
"Awesome McCool" Name
Have a Gay Old Time
Karma Houdini
Sassy Black Woman
Jerkass
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Real Life Writes the Plot
Badass in a Nice Suit
No OSHA Compliance
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Author Appeal
Moment Killer
Humans Are Bastards
Straight Gay
British Films
Mad Scientist
The End... Or Is It?
Empathic Environment
She Cleans Up Nicely
The Starscream
Comically Missing the Point
Grey and Gray Morality
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
The Dreaded
Extremely Short Timespan
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Despair Event Horizon
Stylistic Suck
Defiant to the End
Race Lift
Important Haircut
Facial Horror
Sole Survivor
My Beloved Smother
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Catapult Nightmare
Dark Is Not Evil
Artistic License Geography
Animal Title Index
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Accidental Misnaming
Annoying Younger Sibling
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Cold-Blooded Torture
Darker and Edgier
Half the Man He Used to Be
Artistic License Physics
Setting Update
Evil-Detecting Dog
Cool Guns
Victoria's Secret Compartment
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Dramatic Gun Cock
Token Minority
Rule of Funny
Storming the Castle
All There in the Manual
Gilligan Cut
The Remake